Yes, it is absolutely going too far, but from my experience the include
directive has been quirky from the start (no matter what platform).
Hence, I have utility methods to do just such a thing, and I have
encountered a myriad of other include methods and taglibs as well
-seems everyone is trying to reinvent the (slightly off-round) wheel in
this case.
--- Jeff Kilbride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We're going an awfully long way here to solve what could be cleanly
> done
> with a simple:
>
> <jsp:include page="relativeURL" flush="true" />
>
> Don't you think? All the container has to do is default the MIME type
> for
> unknown extensions to "text/html". Remember this is a JSP -- a
> scripting
> language which was originally designed to simplify life for web
> designers
> and other non-programmers. Having to open every included file
> manually with
> java code defeats that purpose.
>
> Thanks,
> --jeff
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "August Detlefsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:21 PM
> Subject: RE: Unable to include *.sum files (Again)
>
>
> > What text format are your .sum files using? Sounds like it may be
> UTF8.
> > Try this:
> >
> > /**
> > * Returns the String contents of a UTF8 file.
> > *
> > * This method throws any fileIO errors.
> > *
> > * @param sFileName Full file path.
> > * @return String The contents of the file as a String object.
> > * @throws Exception Any fileIO errors
> > */
> > public static String getUTF8FileAsString(String sFileName)
> throws
> > Exception {
> > RandomAccessFile inputFile = new
> > RandomAccessFile(sFileName,"r");
> > String output = inputFile.readUTF();
> > inputFile.close();
> > return output;
> > }
> >
> >
> > This method should work if your files are in ASCII:
> >
> > /**
> > * Returns the String contents of an ASCII file.
> > *
> > * This method throws any fileIO errors.
> > *
> > * @param sFileName Full file path.
> > * @return String The contents of the file as a String object.
> > * @throws Exception Any fileIO errors
> > */
> > public static String getFileAsString(String sFileName) throws
> > Exception {
> > RandomAccessFile inputFile = new
> > RandomAccessFile(sFileName,"r");
> > byte[] inputbytes = new byte[(int)inputFile.length()];
> > int numread = inputFile.read(inputbytes);
> > inputFile.close();
> > return new String(inputbytes);
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Micael Padraig Og mac Grene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > At 08:14 AM 12/10/01 +0200, you wrote:
> > > >Hi all,
> > > >
> > > >Thanks for all the responses(including the debate) to this
> question!
> > > It made
> > > >some real interesting reading material after the SHORT weekend!
> To
> > > get back
> > > >to August's suggestion: we've tried it but our problem is that
> the
> > > file
> > > >content is generated by a VB program and
> > > >contains some funny characters e.g. "CPI" rather than "CPI".
> When we
> > > >translate these to a string it either comes out as ?CPI? or as
> > > illustrated
> > > >in the attached image(This is also how
> > > >it displays in JBuilder).
> > > >
> > > >Regarding the debate I tend to agree with Jeff. If you want to
> > > display the
> > > >pure contents of a file you should be able to include the file
> using
> > > ><jsp:include> without having to define a mime type. I mean what
> > > happens if
> > > >you want to include a "code" example, for example a code snippet
> > > that
> > > >illustrates how to code something in C,C++,Java etc. If you
> define
> > > the mime
> > > >type it will try to translate it, which is not what we want in
> this
> > > case...
> > > >You could define it as type text but now you need to maintain
> two
> > > mime types
> > > >for one extension? Just doesn't sound right to me. The other
> thing
> > > that
> > > >bothers me is the fact that it works for the <%@ include...%>
> > > directive but
> > > >not for the <jsp:include.../> surely they should perform similar
> > > actions
> > > >simply using a different syntax?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks again,
> > > >Jonathan
> > >
> > > I still don't see, Jonathan, why you don't just use code in your
> > > include
> > > which catches the mime types and deals with them? Why is the
> include
> > >
> > > important to you in the first instance? I think the people in
> this
> > > list
> > > might be able to help you, if we knew what the facets of the
> problem
> > > are. This sounds like a problem that can be solved, but I am not
> > > sure what
> > > the situation is.
> > >
> > > Micael
> > >
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